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EC decisions controversial: Candrababu Naidu
The TDP chief claimed that the EC has ordered repolling in AP after 25 days whereas according to norms, it can be ordered only on the next day.
New Delhi: Seeking to pay a crucial role in bringing together an anti-BJP Opposition, Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu flew into the national capital on Friday and held meeting with senior Opposition leaders. He is schedule to meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday.
Before meeting CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Mr Naidu went to the Election Commission and submitted a memorandum on the re-polling ordered in five booths in Andhra Pradesh.
“The EC decisions are very controversial, one-sided and pro-government. For the last so many days, they have been supporting the government,” Mr Naidu said addredding the media outside the EC.
The TDP chief claimed that the EC has ordered repolling in Andhra Pradesh after 25 days whereas according to norms, it can be ordered only on the next day.
“I am questioning the way Election Commission is functioning.”
On Sunday, Mr Naidu is scheduled to meet Mr Rahul Gandhi in the morning and then fly to Lucknow to meet Mr Yadav and Ms Mayawati.
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